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From 20,000 feet 3 miles offshore, a B-17 C/D photo recon@ 1941 can cover all the harbors, and 90% of the airfields on Formosa. Without radar, the planes might not even be spotted. ADM. Hart's PBYs, routinely flew to within 3 miles of Cam Rahn Bay, in Indochina,and along the coast, without...

Apparently you are the only one here, to see scarcasm based on actual documented British@ 1941 positions and statements.. as current racism, ..calm down...please.

MacArthur, refused to believe any intelligence sources from any sources but his imagination. Admiral Hart had the same info and was prepared to go to war by 0345 8 December 1941 (FET). MacArthur believed that he could hold off the Japanese wit what he had, and defeat them if they waited until...

Pretty damning IMO!

I agree,much more fun to get CAl's conribution rather then ruler. I'm of the generation that had WWII veterans for fathers and uncles and moms and Aunts as veterans or war workers. My Dad and Father in law fought in Europe my maternal grandad (retread) was with the USAAF in N.Africa and Italy...

An excellent example of racial bias was Mac Arthur's discounting the Japanese ability to begin a war prior to late Spring 1942, and his refusal to allow adequate recon of Formosa. Had he done so he would have found that the Far East AirForce, was out numbered 3 to 1., not counting the CVL...

You apparently, payed no attention to context, scarcasm, or the fact that Neverinmex, was stating and paraphrasing factual public opinions prevalent across the UK and USA about the Japanese, at that time, including America Army intelligence estimates.

Excellent details

Well done with this episode. Building the base..

I assume this is the convoy, that OTL a PBY out of Subic Bay, found and managed to get back to base and report to Adm. Hart, He then passed on the information, including the number of ships to OTL Adm. Phillips on the OTL meeting on 6 and 7 December (Far East Time) [FET]. That patrol was 820...

For most of it's OTL life the United States has paid for the Ice Patrol,the USCG being the prime provider of ships, supplemented by the UK. I see no change in that. The changes to radio policy and ship construction will also happen as OTL, The prime mover being g Mr. Andrews.

You still might get the Ice Patrol. It would as OTL let ships know where ice was and to divert course. Plus those Ice Patrol ships provides a ready rescue ship and communication relay.

Coxy ,my thought that it has to be at least a mix of Depth Charged and bombs, because the references were to aerial ordinance, not just depth charges, as the normal USN ASW payload was 4 -6 depth charges and 2 bombs. the bombs could be anything from 125 lbs to 500lbs. The bombs were for surfaced...

Thanks for finding the aerial torpedos and locations. I dried NHHC but get a msg that they are moving to a new server

RE; the Bu Ord Letter about aerial Torpedoes and Issues with Newport. This is an issue that earlier in his career , when Thomas Hart was Commanding Newport torpedo Station he crossed swords with FDR, then Asst. Secretary of the Navy over his positions with poor quality and slow production at...